Charles E Howell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22471.png UPL 22471 "Fuddy Duddy" 43-38147 N8-L was assigned to 600th Squadron, of the 398th Bomb Group, as a replacement aircraft. It was declared MIA on 21st November, when on its 19th mission to Merseburg, Germany.
Crew on board:
Pilot-Lt. Charles E. Howell (KIA)
Co-pilot-2nd Lt. William M. Bryan (KIA)
Navigator-Lt. John J. Leyden, Jnr. (KIA)
Bombardier-2nd Lt. Robert T. Gaynor (KIA)
Top Turret Gunner-S/Sgt. Ralph F. Glancy (KIA)
Radio Observer-T/Sgt. John W. Bahling (POW)
Ball Turret Gunner-S/Sgt. Brooks U. Atchinson (KIA)
Left Waist Gunner-S/Sgt. William H. Landrie (POW)
Right Waist Gunner- S/Sgt. Jose M. Echevarria (POW)
Tail Gunner- S/Sgt. Fred W. Cole (KIA)

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

Object Number - UPL 22471 - "Fuddy Duddy" 43-38147 N8-L was assigned to 600th Squadron, of the 398th Bomb Group, as a replacement aircraft. It was declared MIA on 21st November,...

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Erfurt on 11/21/44 in B-17 Fuddy Duddy 43-38147

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38147

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fuddy duddy
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baltimore, Maryland, USA 24 August 1917

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 21 November 1944

Buried

Baltimore, Maryland, USA 17 December 1948 He was originally interred in Europe and his remains were repatriated to US soil on December 17, 1948 at New Cathedral Cemetery

Revisions

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ContributorHotelie1970
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General Order 322 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Major General Williams, dated 11 September 1944

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added birth date and a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 73037355.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 11210

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 11210 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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